Across a more than 40-year career, John Fielder made a name for himself as one of Colorado’s premier nature photographers, producing roughly 200,000 photos in his ongoing attempt to capture the state’s natural beauty. Fielder, who died Aug. 11, 2023, at the age of 73 following a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer, will be remembered for his love of life and his commitment to nature, friends and family.
His photography influenced people and legislation and earned him recognition including the 1993 Sierra Club Ansel Adams Award, in 2011 the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s first Achievement Award ever given to an individual, and in 2017 Colorado Mountain College presented him an Honorary Degree in Sustainability Studies. — From the Aug. 14, 2023, edition of the Summit Daily News More upgrades are coming to the Dillon Amphitheater as the town continues to reinvest in one of its biggest attractions.
Dillon Town Council members unanimously approved a resolution at an August 2019 meeting awarding a contract to Orozco Concrete to complete a permanent concrete plaza at the top of the amphitheater. The move is expected to create a better environment for concessions and storage at the site and to improve the experience for concertgoers. The improvement comes on the back of a number of other investments the town has made at the venue, which reopened in June 2018 after getting a near $10 million renovation .
— From the Aug. 14, 2019, edition of the Summit Daily News Newly elected Mayor Lesley Davis said a lawsuit filed Aug. 12, 2014, aims to bring a resolution to the town’s controversial municipal election in April 2014.
The suit was filed by interim town attorney Kendra Carberry, of Denver, on behalf of town clerk Helen Moorman and the town of Montezuma.The respondents listed in the suit include all of the town’s 61 registered voters. According to the complaint, the town alleges that ballots from April’s election contained inaccurate verbiage and did not feature numbered stubs and duplicate stubs to be recorded in the poll books and that the final tally for at least one board of trustees candidate was inaccurate, among other claims.
— From the Aug. 15, 2014, edition of the Summit Daily News About 800 Breckenridge Post Office box users will be affected when the satellite site at City Market on Park Avenue is moved to Towne Square Mall at 100 N. Main St.
On Aug. 13, 2009, Breckenridge Postmaster BJ Huffman said she’d already received more than a dozen calls from customers complaining about parking issues after notice was placed in boxes on Wednesday. But the U.
S. Postal Service is closing on the property transactions next week and plans to complete the move by mid-October. USPS Colorado spokesman Al Desarro said the 2.
75 acre parcel at 410 N. Park Avenue is being sold to Thirty-Second Dee, LLC for an undisclosed price. — From the Aug.
14, 2009, edition of the Summit Daily News Summit County skiers may soon enjoy skiing throughout the summer, as Arapahoe Basin Ski Area officials this week announced plans to add a snowmaking system to the resort. If approved by the U.S.
Forest Service, the system would allow skiing at the area from Thanksgiving through Labor Day. When asked whether A-Basin will ever offer year-round skiing. An A-Basin said she “certainly wouldn’t rule anything out.
” Forest Service approval of the plan could lake up to two years. — From the Aug. 11, 1994, edition of the Summit Daily News The strike of the Denver smeltermen, which began on June 15, 1899, ended on Aug.
13, 1899, shortly after about 100 union members applied at two smelting plants for employment. Little was gained by the union, and now a backlog of ore awaits the workers’ return. Many filled cars have been held in the Denver yards of several rail companies, and at least 500 cars of ore are ready to be shipped to Denver, in addition to that stored in bins at the mines.
With the exception of the Ten Mile districts, the closing of the smelters had limited effect on the lode mining industry of Summit County. Still, the resumption of smelting brings a confidence that will be beneficial to all of the county’s mining districts, and the state at large. — From the Aug.
19, 1899, edition of the Summit County Journal.
